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--- a/content/prologix.rst	Tue Aug 28 15:07:01 2018 +0200
+++ b/content/prologix.rst	Tue Aug 28 15:12:24 2018 +0200
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 Upgrading the buggy firmware
 ============================
-	 
+
 My controller had the version 5.2 of the firmware, which really is
 buggy. For example if a device on the GPIB bus is continuously sending
 data and the controller is in "auto" mode (in which it automatically
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@
 is the `4.2-6.95`_ (in fact, it's the version 6.95 of the firware for
 the version 4.2 of the USB-GPIB controller).
 
-The content of this archive is::
+The content of this archive is:
 
-  unzip -l ~/Downloads/gpib-usb-4.2-6.95.zip 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  unzip -l ~/Downloads/gpib-usb-4.2-6.95.zip
   Archive:  /home/david/Downloads/gpib-usb-4.2-6.95.zip
     Length      Date    Time    Name
   ---------  ---------- -----   ----
@@ -69,21 +71,28 @@
 'backends' available on avrdude.
 
 Doing a ``string`` on the main exe in the archive, PxUpdate.exe,
-shows a few interesting things, especially this::
+shows a few interesting things, especially this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
   strings PxUpdate.exe | grep -i avr
   avrdude.exe -p %s -P \\.\COM%d -c avr109 -u -e -U flash:w:%s
   AVRBOOT
 
+
 So we know the command line used by this firmware update tool, and we
 known it uses the AVR's bootloader as decribed in the AVR109_
 application note.
 
-But any attempt to read the content of the flash using::
+But any attempt to read the content of the flash using:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
   avrdude -p m164p -c avr109 -U flash:r:flash.hex:i
 
-fails stating the avr does not respond::
+fails stating the avr does not respond:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
   avrdude -P /dev/ttyUSB0  -p m164p -c avr109 -v -v -U flash:r:flash2.hex:i
 
@@ -131,20 +140,24 @@
   Connecting to programmer: .avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
   avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding
 
-	 
+
 So there is something else required to put the device under firmware
 upgrade state. I was wondering if there is an undocumented controller
 command (anything starting with ``++`` is interpreted as a controller
-command), so I searched for the ``++`` string in ``PxUpdate.exe``::
+command), so I searched for the ``++`` string in ``PxUpdate.exe``:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
   strings PxUpdate.exe | grep ++
   Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
   ++rst
 
 No magic undocumented command, but a reset of the controller is
-performed by this tool. Let's try this::
+performed by this tool. Let's try this:
 
-  stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 speed 115200 cs8  -cstopb -parenb 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 speed 115200 cs8  -cstopb -parenb
   echo -en '++rst\r' > /dev/ttyUSB0; avrdude -P /dev/ttyUSB0  -p m164p -c avr109 -v -v -U flash:r:flash2.hex:i
   avrdude: Version 6.1, compiled on Sep 11 2014 at 20:00:34
          Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
@@ -163,7 +176,7 @@
          RESET disposition             : dedicated
          RETRY pulse                   : SCK
          serial program mode           : yes
-   
+
          parallel program mode         : yes
          Timeout                       : 200
          StabDelay                     : 100
@@ -213,12 +226,14 @@
 
   avrdude done.  Thank you.
 
-Much better!
+**Much better!**
 
-Now I can upgrade the firmware::
+Now I can upgrade the firmware:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
   echo -en '++rst\r' > /dev/ttyUSB0; avrdude -P /dev/ttyUSB0  -p m164p -c avr109 -v -v -U flash:w:m164.hex
-  
+
 Et voilà! The Prologix GPIB-USB interface is upgraded to the latest
 available software. From what I've seen so far, it seems more stable
 (at least I can read data from my HP5442A and HP3456A in "fast" mode